How to pronounce “audacious”
Say “audacious” in 3 beats
audacious
/ɑˈdeɪʃəs/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɔːdeɪʃəs/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- audɑ
- acdeɪstress
- iousʃəs
- IPA (American)
- /ɑˈdeɪʃəs/
- IPA (British)
- /ɔːdeɪʃəs/
- Respelling
- ah-DAY-shuhs
- Syllables
- 3 — aud-AC-ious
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: aud-AC-ious. “ac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ɑˈdeɪʃəs/
/ɔːdeɪʃəs/
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What “audacious” means
- adjective
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
“audacious explorers”
- adjective
unrestrained by convention or propriety; ; ; - Los Angeles Times; ; ; - Bertrand Russell
“an audacious trick to pull”
- adjective
disposed to venture or take risks
“audacious visions of the total conquest of space”
Say it in a sentence
“It was an audacious plan, and somehow it actually worked.”“audacious”, answered
How do you pronounce “audacious”?
“audacious” is pronounced /ɑˈdeɪʃəs/ (ah-DAY-shuhs) in American English and /ɔːdeɪʃəs/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ac”. Build it as aud-AC-ious, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “audacious” have?
3: aud · ac · ious. The beat lands on the second, “ac”.
Is “audacious” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ɑˈdeɪʃəs/ (ah-DAY-shuhs); British English says /ɔːdeɪʃəs/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “audacious” mean?
As an adjective: invulnerable to fear or intimidation For example: “audacious explorers” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “audacious”?
Stress the second syllable: aud-AC-ious. “ac” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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